Name Pronunciation Guide

A brief guide to the pronunciation of the various names in Travelers of the Gredhe.

Name Pronunciation Guide

 

As a summary of pronunciations, there are few rules that remain constant. They are as follows:

ae -- This is pronounced ay with the “y” being very subtle; almost as though an afterthought.

celi -- The pronunciation of this prefix relies completely upon the letter following it. If the letter is a vowel, as in Celianam, it is pronounced sell-yih-. However, if the letter following is a consonant, as in Celik, it becomes key-lih-.

dh -- The “dh” is pronounced much the same as ”th.” These are often used interchangeably, to form variant spellings of the same name; though the “dh” is more typical of Old Tongue names and terms.

wr -- Coming from the Old Tongue, the use of “wr” would be pronounced much as if the “w” was an “i.”

Below is a small collection of the many names which are found in Travelers of the Gredhe. I shall strive to provide the most accurate pronunciation for each term as is possible. In addition, some terms are closer in pronunciation to the Old Tongue. For these, I will give a short explanation.

 

Akkheron (‘ack-er-on)

Alimnae (a-‘lim-nay)

Arun (‘oar- ən) Taken from the Old Tongue, the spelling and pronunciation of this name don’t appear to coincide. A more modern and common spelling is Orin.

Bekhron (‘beck-roan) Partially stemming from the Dark Tongue, Bekhron’s first syllable is spoken with a somewhat phlegm-y sound to it.

Burgamsia (ber-‘gam-shə)

Bwynarr (bwih-‘nahr)

Celianam (‘sell-yih-nahm)

Celik (‘key-lick)

Dallifae (‘dal-ih-fay)

Edileth (‘ed-ih-leth)

Elaborathin (eh-lə-‘boar-ə-thin)

Faedhmíl (faith-‘meal)

Fekklorn (‘fehk-lorn)

Feridh (‘fair-ith)

Gael-Narenth (‘gale ‘nah-renth)

Hiddhom (‘hih-thəm)

Ínarrym (‘ee-nahr-im)

Jemmik (‘gem-ick)

Joenek (‘jo-en-ek)

Kerindh (‘care-inth)

Khaman (‘kah-mən)

La’el (lah-‘ehl)

Lerecht (‘lare-ekt)

Marrik (‘mare-ick)

Mínet (‘mee-net)

Naine Mithale (‘nane-ə ‘mee-thall) When used to describe something of the world, as in Mithalean,

the pronunciation is ‘mee-thall-ehn.

Ormnoyr (oarm-‘noyr) The oy of the second syllable sounds, vaguely, like the oi in noise.

Pemme-Rinne (pehm ‘rihn)

Repind (‘reh-pind)

Rikuu (‘ree-koo)

Seal Weiv (‘shale ‘wabe) Coming from the Old Tongue, the modern spelling is Shal Waeb

Syllvenir (sihl-veh-‘near)

Unwrethe (‘oo-nih-reth)

Vel Siron (‘vehl ‘see-rohn)

Veshmón (vehsh-‘moan)

Villaearan (vihl-ay-‘ahr-ehn)

Wrelle (‘ih-rehl)

Wynnedh (‘win-eth)

Author's Note

EDIT -- This used to be the "Glossary of Names and Terms." However, I've been re-working a few things and have decided to split pronunciations and definitions. I will now be putting the Glossary at the end of my book, leaving the beginning to the pronunciations.

Reviews

[UN]

I love that you did this. I like extreme levels of detail like this. You obviously went into painstaking detail to create your world. I respect that greatly! I will delve deeper into this story when I get a bit more free time, but even this alone makes me optimistic about it

[Elina]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your time and review. I am glad that this has at least captured your interest. I hope that the rest of my novel will do the same.
Take all the time you need. I'm not looking for quick words of false flattery, but for opinions and words of advise.
Thank you again, for taking the time to look at this.

[Sam]

I'm already really interested, and I haven't yet read any story. I love these glossaries for stories, in fantasy realms. Very Tolkien-esque. And like I said, I know nothing of the story.

[Elina]

Thank you very much! I am certainly going for a Tolkien sort of feel (as well as a bit of C.S. Lewis), though I do not claim to be anywhere near as splendid as them.

[Sam]

Nor would I make such a claim; to do so is to blaspheme. But it doesn't hurt to be compared to them from time to time.

[Elina]

Indeed! They were both brilliant men...and I am quite far from such brilliance. Haha

[Nicholas Hagenschneider]

Woah, I need to do one of these haha I'll check out the sketches as well.

[Elina]

Haha...yes, it's a list that is constantly growing. Thank you for taking a look at my book.

[Nicholas Hagenschneider]

I have a 'Lore' book on here that holds a bunch of info on my book, that too, is constantly growing haha I know how it is. And no worries, its is no trouble.

[Wuji]

This reminds me of those Elvish names...very neat.

[Elina]

Thank you for the review.

[Matthew Ian Herrawood W]

Sounds cool i should think about doing something like this in my Realm series and side books (Emily and reality of the truth) i give translations and sometimes pronunciation in brackets withing the chapter but i have never written up an entire Glossary.

[Elina]

Thank you.

[Stefanie Holmes]

Your creativity with this is amazing! For you to come up with all of these exotic names and give us a breakdown is definitely something I have not seen before on this site. I am really looking forward to diving into the story now!

~Stefanie

[Elina]

Thank you. I have great fun coming up with the different names, and I want people to understand them as I do. I try my best to explain the words as I write, but I figured this would help, in case I failed, in some regard, to explain them thoroughly.

[Stefanie Holmes]

Well thank you for providing this glossary for us readers to follow along. :)

[Josh Dollar]

This is a nice chapter. Sihlfae does sound like a good Heaven name.

[Elina]

Thank you.

[Jamal]

wow you definitely put alot of effort and creativity into these names
btw if khaman is basically hell what is heaven?

[Elina]

Thank you very much. I have quite a lot of fun coming up with new names.
As far as your question of the story's equivalent to Heaven...I have not decided, as of yet. I usually come up with the names as the need arises; when a new character or location, etc. is introduced, I come up with a name on the spot. There are a few exceptions. I have, however, been playing around with a few names for their Heaven. I haven't found any that I'm overly ecstatic about, but my favourite, thus far, is Sihlfae.